Keeping the rituals

Andres feels touched by fortune, it has been a long time since he felt good with a woman. After eight months of dating Claudia, she has taken the big step of inviting him to live together in her apartment. While he packs his things, Andres thinks about what this new life will be like, he had never dared to share a house with anyone before, after all, it can't be said that he is completely normal...

Things are going very well for the new couple. To celebrate the first week Andres invites Claudia to have dinner out, in the restaurant of her choice...

So Claudia, how have you been feeling this week? Are you already regretting having invited me to live with you...? Andres comments jokingly and warmly taking his partner's hand...

Don't be mean, Andrés, don't play with those things. I must confess that I was very afraid to take this step, I had never lived with a partner before. The truth is that you are a very special man and every day I discover that we have a lot of things to build a long term relationship...

Andres raises a glass of wine, looks Claudia directly in the eyes and with a gesture he invites her to clink glasses...

Let's toast to this....for this love that has become bigger my dear Claudia...

Between laughs they clink glasses and continue tasting the exquisite dinner...

While they wait for the desserts Andres starts a conversation...

Claudia, I have read somewhere that for things to go well between two it is necessary not to keep things that may bother you. Relationships are usually damaged by small details. Let's take a few minutes to review some things we can improve. Do you think...?

Great, Andrés, I think it's a great idea. You start...What have you seen that you don't like about me...Claudia comments with a laugh...

The truth is that I don't like it when you leave your socks all over the floor, I have a certain tendency to tidy things up and that messes up my mood a bit...hahaha...

Ah, don't worry about that, it's one of those habits you have when you live alone, but don't worry, I'll make an effort to at least leave them on the bed, hahahaha.

Now it's your turn Claudia, what don't you like about me?

The truth is that I don't like that you don't wait for me to have the first coffee in the morning, you always get up before me and the first thing you do is go directly to the coffee pot to prepare a coffee, it seems more like you take it as if it were a medicine. I wish that some days a week we could take some time to do it together and talk about anything while the rich aroma spreads through the kitchen. I like that romantic stuff...

As he listens Andres stiffens, the smile is gone from his face, an anguish takes hold of him. He tries to hide it as much as possible....

No problem with that, Claudia, a few days a week I'll wait for you so we can make coffees together...

On the way back home, Andres' head is in a boil. On the way he only thinks about how he is going to please Claudia with her request...

The matter is not so easy, it is not a simple decision or a small change of habits. Before he was born, Andres' parents subjected him to genetic reprogramming to correct a gene that produced a degenerative disease in his family. The procedure had been successful...

However, when he reached adolescence the doctors realized that there was an unforeseen effect related to coffee intake. Coffee taken before first light in the morning produced an anti-aging effect on Andrew's body. That is why he now looked like a young man in his thirties even though he was about to turn fifty... Andres had no idea what could happen if he changed that routine of drinking coffee before the first light of the sun appeared...

Days went by and Andres did not dare to change the time to prepare the coffee. He knew that Claudia was waiting, almost a week had passed since they talked at dinner and she had not left her stockings on the floor. All that was left was for him to do his part...

One Monday Andres decided to wait for Claudia, they prepared coffee when she got up. They talked animatedly and the man realized that it was a great way to start the morning...

During the day Andres remained expectant, he did not feel anything abnormal. It seemed that changing the time to drink coffee had not had any negative effect....

On Wednesday and Friday, Andres also waited for Claudia to prepare the coffee... Things were going very well between the two of them...

On Sunday morning Andres woke up a little more tired than usual. He hugged Claudia and whispered in her ear that he would wait for her to prepare the coffee....

While he was washing his face, something in the mirror caught his attention... His sideburns had faded, they had gone gray.

Thank you for your time.